Ex-Aide to Respect Confidentiality Of White House in Hill Testimony

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 11, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Former White House aide Sara M. Taylor will refuse to testify today about matters President Bush has deemed shielded by executive privilege, but she will offer to respond to other questions from senators that do not breach White House confidentiality, her attorney said yesterday.

The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Taylor to testify this morning about the dismissals of nine U.S. attorneys last year and the Bush administration's response to the controversy that followed. Bush this week invoked executive privilege, and White House counsel Fred F. Fielding sent Taylor a letter directing ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

White House Will Deny New Request In Attorneys Probe; Bush to Defy Congress, Sources Say
; ...directing former White House aides Harriet...and Sara M. Taylor not to testify...Senate. "Ms. Taylor is willing...because the White House and the Senate...testimony by Taylor, who until...ago was the White House political director...
White House to defy Congress
; ...directing former White House aides Harriet Miers and Sara Taylor not to testify...Senate. "Ms. Taylor is willing to...because the White House and the Senate...testimony by Taylor, who until six weeks ago was the White House political director...
White House kept much out of print.(On Media)
; ...operation inside the White House counsel's office...in, says Stuart Taylor Jr., a reporter...inside the Clinton White House. Only ABC interviewed...in November. Mr. Taylor wrote a long article...public. But Mr. Taylor's praise stops...went public, the White House ...
A Bush Aide's Long Road From The White House
; ...between Congress and the White House." Taylor's been in tough fights...lifetime of campaigning." Taylor's reward? A spot as the White House political director after...a mid-level staffer, Taylor came back to the White House to advise the senior...
White House Would Have Its Political Wing, Officially or Not
; ...while former White House political director Sara M. Taylor sat in the...were the White House lawyers? White House counsel Fred...had sent Taylor a letter...from the White House bothered...That left Taylor, a 32-year-o...
Ex-White House political director testifies she didn't talk to Bush about firing prosecutors
; WASHINGTON -- Former White House political director Sara M. Taylor told a congressional...knowledge that he was." Taylor, who left the White House eight weeks ago for...Bush even outside the White House, Taylor at first refused to...
INTERNSHIP OPENS DOOR TO THE WHITE HOUSE
; ...it's done in the White House. Taylor, of Southwest Roanoke...While an intern, Taylor met several Olympic...who visited the White House, sat in the president...find a job at the White House or on Capitol Hill...a dull moment," Taylor said. "I was really...
Capitol Hill probes White House role in firings.(USA)
; ...Feb. 7, 2007. Ms. Taylor - then White House political director...been treated. But Taylor and some other White House officials saw this...try to compel both Taylor and Ms. Miers to...hearings. If the White House chooses to fight...
SLEPT AT THE WHITE HOUSE? BIG DEAL, EVERYBODY HAS.(Editorial)(Column)
; ...the year to drive by the White House. The cherry blossoms are...bed and breakfast in the White House! How cheesy does this...guests have slept in the White House in the last four years...grand for a night in the White House, she wouldn't content...at least. Or Zachary ...
Dubuque native key White House aide; Wahlert graduate is deputy assistant to the president
; ...envision working at the White House someday? "Not really...sort of happened," Taylor said. A lot of hard...four years at the White House, Taylor has a new title...In her new role, Taylor is the liaison between the White House and state and local...